The Pelagios Map is an interactive map of the Roman Empire. You can scroll around the Empire, zoom in and out, and see both natural features and manmade ones. It marks a wide variety of sites and would be very useful for tracking Horace’s travels or Pliny’s activities during the eruption of Vesuvius. (via the Smithsonian Blog)
Byzantine Business: Constantine Porphyrogenitus
As I’m sure I’ve mentioned before (and probably one too many times, to your dismay), I’ve long had an affinity for the Greek-speaking sequel of
